Welcome to Bookshelf Fantasies’s Book Blog Meme Directory! I thought it might be handy to provide a quick and easy reference guide to the wonderful bookish memes that we all love so much! To add your meme, please fill out your information on the Contact page and I’ll be delighted to add you. (And if you host a blog that’s listed here, I’d appreciate it if you’d add my button somewhere on your blog! Scroll down to the bottom of this page for the code. Thanks!)
To see more about the purpose of this directory — and what exactly is a meme anyway??? — see my introductory post on the topic.
Weekly memes (sorted by day of the week):
Monday
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by: Book Date
Description: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile!
Mailbox Monday
Hosted by: Mailbox Monday
Description: Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy,
Goodreads Monday
Hosted by: Budget Tales Book Blog
Taken over from Lauren’s Page Turners, Budget Tales Book Blog will now be hosting Goodreads Monday. It will be a chance for you to not only share what is on your Goodreads “To Read” lists, but also the progress you have made on your current reads, the progress on any challenges that you have set and/or any other general Goodreads news!
Word of the Week
Hosted by: The Plain-Spoken Pen
Description: A bookish meme hosted here on Mondays in which we share a word that we find entertaining, enlightening, edifying, or just plain fun to say!
Must Get Monday
Hosted by: The Becca Files
Description: Whether it’s an upcoming release, new release, or even one that has been out for ages that you haven’t purchased a copy of yet, Must Get Monday highlights those books you just can’t wait to get your hands on to dive into.
Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday
Hosted by: That Artsy Reader Girl
Description: Each Tuesday, a topic is assigned. Create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list, or feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
Tell Me Something Tuesday
Hosted by: That’s What I’m Talking About
Description: Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.
Top 5 Tuesday
Hosted by: Meeghan Reads (created and formerly hosted by Bionic Bookworm)
Description: A weekly top 5 list, with different topics each week. Topics are announced at the beginning of each month.
Wednesday
WWW Wednesdays
Hosted by: Taking on a World of Words
(formerly hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading)
Description: WWW Wednesday is a weekly event where you share (1) What you’re currently reading, (2) What you recently finished reading, and (3) What you think you’ll read next.
Shelf Control
Hosted by: Literary Potpourri. (Shelf Control was started here at Bookshelf Fantasies back in 2015, and as of 2023, Literary Potpourri is taking on hosting duties!)
Description: A weekly feature celebrating unread books on our shelves! Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up.
Top 5 Wednesday
Hosted by: Goodreads T5W group
Description: A weekly top 5 list, with a list of topics updated each month.
Library Loot
Hosted by: The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief
Description: Library Loot is a weekly event that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.
Can’t-Wait Wednesday
Hosted by: Wishful Endings
Description: Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.
Thursday
Thursday Quotables
Hosted by: Bookshelf Fantasies
Description: Share a favorite quote, line, or passage from your reading each week! (Note: Taking a break from weekly posts at the moment, but feel free to go ahead without me! Thursday Quotables is on a spontaneous/whenever schedule right now.)
Books From the Backlog
Hosted by: Carole’s Random Life in Books
Description: Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
Throwback Thursday
Hosted by: The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
Description: The Chocolate Lady’s #ThrowbackThursday takes place on the Thursday before the first Saturday of every month. Posts will highlight previously published book reviews, and participants are encouraged to do the same. If you want to participate but have a new blog that doesn’t have old reviews to highlight, you are encouraged to write a post about anything old that strikes your fancy! If you want to tweet or share, please use #ThrowbackThursday! Please add the link to your post to the link party and link back to this page on your post.
Time Travel Thursday
Hosted by: Budget Tales Book Blog
Description: It’s Time Travel Thursday! This is where I take a look back at what I was reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) and compare it to what I am reading now.
Friday
Flashback Friday (currently on hiatus – be back soon!)
Hosted by: Bookshelf Fantasies
Description: Join me in highlighting books from our reading pasts! Pick any book you’ve read, published at least five years ago, and write a blog post about why it’s so special to you. Link up and check out other bloggers’ favorite flashback books.
Book Beginnings on Fridays
Hosted by: Rose City Reader
Description: Every Friday we share the first sentence (or so) of the books we are reading, along with initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
Book Blogger Hop
Hosted by: Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
Description: Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
The Friday Face-Off
(Created by: Books By Proxy – current host?)
Description: This weekly meme pits cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe. A theme is listed for each week — find covers to match.
F is for Friday
Hosted by: Nomadic Worlds
Description: Close out the workweek and get ready for the weekend by answering four questions: F – Feature your latest book obsession (it doesn’t have to be your current read); I – Indicate which book/s you are looking forward to reading this weekend; F – Favorite quote of the week/day; F – Five things you’re happy or grateful for this week.
First Lines Fridays
Hosted by: Reading Is My Superpower
Description: What are you reading? What is your first line? Open the book nearest you and post the first line…
Let’s Talk Bookish
Hosted by: Book Nook Bits
Description: Let’s Talk Bookish is a meme where participants discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts. Topics for each month will be posted a month in advance here on my blog, and will be available in their own posts as well as here in the archive. You can also suggest topics and download the official header images from this page.
Saturday
Stacking the Shelves
Hosted by: Reading Reality
Description: Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Series on Saturdays
Hosted by: Books of My Heart
Description: This is a new feature I developed where each month we will look at our favorite – the best – series in a genre.
Sunday
The Sunday Post
Hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Description:The Sunday Post is a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. This is your news post, so personalize it! Include as muchas you want or as little. Be creative, it can be a vlog or just a showcase of your goodies.
The Sunday SalonHosted by: Reader Buzz
Description: Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week’s Salon get together–at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones–and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another’s blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, an excuse to put aside one’s earthly responsibilities and fall into a good book. See the host’s site for how to join the Salon.
Monthly memes:
6 Degrees of Separation
Hosted by: Books Are My Favourite and Best
Description: On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book. Books can be linked in obvious ways – for example, books by the same authors, from the same era or genre, or books with similar themes or settings. Or, you may choose to link them in more personal or esoteric ways: books you read on the same holiday, books given to you by a particular friend, books that remind you of a particular time in your life, or books you read for an online challenge. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the other books on the list, only to the ones next to them in the chain.
Monthly Wrap-Up
Hosted by: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Description: Every month, at the end of the month, I’ll put up a monthly wrap-up link-up post where everyone can link up their month end posts. There are no specific requirements for what needs to be in your post, as long as you have a book blog and your wrap-up summarizes your month in some way. Then, one week later, I’ll create a giveaway that encourages people to visit YOUR month end wrap-ups, giving entries for commenting and/or sharing.
Best of the Bunch
Hosted by: A Cocoon of Books
Description: Best of the Bunch is a monthly linkup where we can share the best books we read each month and award one of them “Best of the Bunch.” At the end of each month, take a look what you read that month and share your favorites. Then tell us which one is the Best of the Bunch — the one everyone should add to their to-read lists right now. You can use any criteria you want to determine which book to award Best of the Bunch. Then come back here and link up! The linkup will post at midnight Eastern Time on the last day of each month.
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Have you found an outdated listing above? If you click on a link that no longer works, please let me know! I do periodic checks to make sure all meme listings are still active, but I appreciate the heads-up if you find anything out-of-date.
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More memes to come! I’ll keep adding content — let’s keep this directory growing!
And don’t forget to grab the Book Blog Meme Directory button!
NOTE: At the advice of some lovely folks who were kind enough to share their thoughts and opinions, I’m happy to include meme information provided by the host or by a participant. If you host a meme listed here and would prefer to have it removed, just let me know and I’d be happy to oblige.
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Thanks for the useful list, Lisa! I now have a million tabs open 🙂
That’s great! I hope you find some memes to enjoy. 🙂 And if you come across any I’m missing, please let me know!
Now that is a list. How many do you participate in?
Oh, I pop in and out and try different ones! I do my own (Shelf Control) every week, but other wise, I like to try a variety from week to week. 🙂
It’s great you took the time and made this useful list! Just bookmarked it, I’ll definitely check back regularly.
Thanks so much! I hope you find some memes to enjoy — and if you come across others to add to the list, please let me know!
This is just perfect! I’ve been looking for more memes to do when I come back to blogging later this month.
Great! I hope you find something you love!
Thank you for posting! 🙂 http://www.cchomeschoolers.com/blog
Awesome 👍
This is just fantastic💜
This is a wonderful resource! 👍🙌😍
NonFiction Friday over at https://doingdeweydecimal.com
Weekend Cooking at Bethfishreads https://www.bethfishreads.com/search/label/Weekend%20Cooking
Thank you! I’ll add these this weekend!
Bookmarking this so I can have it available when I need some blogging inspiration!
That’s so nice – enjoy!
Oh… could you add my #ThrowbackThursday to this list? My latest one is here: https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2022/03/31/tcls-throwbackthursday-and-linkparty-26-march-31-may-4-2022/
Absolutely! Thanks for providing the link — I’ll do an update later today!
Loved it.
I wish I would have seen this list before I created #FaeFriday! Thanks for this list! It’s extremely helpful! I’m definitely going to have to bookmark it so if I make the plunge into posting on Saturday and Sunday I’ll have some ideas!
I’m so glad to learn about FaeFriday! I’ll add it to the directory!
Awesome!!! Thanks!! You’re amazing!!
Amazing 🙂 😀
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Just wanted to say thank you for this post. I’ve been joining in with Book Blogger Hop, Top 5 Tuesday and Sunday post.
You’re welcome! I’m so glad it’s helpful!
When I get more organised, I might try a few of the other memes too. Thanks again, Lisa.
Thank you for adding the Last Year I Was Reading challenge to this 💜
My pleasure! Such a creative idea!
Thank you so much for this! I would like to have choices for every day of the week instead of just Tuesdays and my own on Fridays. I appreciate the hard work you’ve done putting this together!
Thank you so much for the nice comment! I’m so glad you’re finding this useful — and of course, if you know of any additional memes to be included, just let me know!
i think book blogs are amazing! it’s so beautiful to see the way everyone comes together. I also like your book blog, it’s so thought out and amazing!!
Thank you so much! The book blogging community is really wonderful in so many ways.
Wow what a fantastic list. I have been wondering what memes to take part in and now I have an absolute ton to join in with. I think I will dip in and out of various ones. Excited to get started!!!
Bookmarking this page now…… ❤❤❤
Awesome! I hope you find a bunch you enjoy!
Hi there! The graphic you used for Friday Favorites isn’t the official one. I just made that for my banners a while ago before I ended up switching it. It also looks like Friday Favorites is now being hosted by Geeky Galaxy 🙂. I hope that helps!
Thanks so much for letting me know! I’m overdue for a clean-up, I think. 🙂 I’m travelling this week, but I’ll do the updates when I get back.
Hey there. I bookmarked this long ago, but I now have my own meme for Thursdays! It is #ThrowbackThursday and the idea is for people to either highlight an older review on their blog, or talk about a book they read long ago but didn’t review, or just be nostalgic about whatever… I host a monthly link party (the latest one is here https://fresh.inlinkz.com/party/39f5f6d8a337440ba84fd3771110a35b) and I encourage people to also link to their own nostalgic posts any day of the week. My Link party starts on the Thursday BEFORE the #6Degrees of Separation (which is either the last Thursday of the previous month, or the first Thursday of the new month, depending when the first Saturday of the month lands). Here’s the link to my last one http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2021/04/29/tcls-throwbackthursday-and-linkparty-15-april-29-june-3-2021/
Awesome, thanks! I’ll add your meme!
I love this Directory! On a Monday I usually take part in a Goodreads Monday meme hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, where you take a book from your Goodreads list, say why you want to read it, and see what other people thought of it. On my posts I also add the star rating, the number of ratings and the number of reviews listed on Goodreads 🙂
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/
Thanks! I did have Goodreads Monday on my list for a while, but when I did a clean-up recently, it looked as though the host blog was no longer active. Do you happen to know if it’s still being hosted?
I have had a look and I agree that the host blog doesn’t look active.
I did a general search because I must have seen it somewhere recently and I found that other blogs have been doing it as recent as the beginning of this month (other than me!) and still referring back to that blog as a host.
It’s a tricky one!
Great to know! I’m so glad you brought it up — it does look like a lot of people still do it, so I’ll go ahead and add it back to the list, even without a host. Maybe you or someone else might reach out to the original host and see if she’d mind having someone else host it?
No problem. Excellent ☺️ I’ll send a message – although the last post was 2018 so I wonder if they are receiving messages 🤔
I have left messages in a couple of places. I shall leave it a few days and keep you posted!
What a great list. I have bookmarked this page as there are so many memes on here that I had no idea existed. Thanks for compiling it.
Thanks for commenting! And if you know of any memes that aren’t on the list yet, please let me know so I can add them!
Can I request a link party to be added?
Sure — please provide the details via the form on m Contact page. Thanks!
The exact type of thing I was looking for, thank you!
Thanks for the list. I was just looking for one.